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JOURNAL OF RADIOANALYTICAL AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
Volume 289, Issue 2, Pages 529-536Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10967-011-1100-4
Keywords
Thorium; Clinoptilolite; Adsorption; Langmuir and Freundlich models
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- Office of Graduate Studies of the University of Isfahan
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Adsorptive behavior of natural clinoptilolite was assessed for removal of thorium from aqueous solutions. Natural zeolite was characterized by X-ray diffraction and X-ray fluorescence. The zeolite sample composed mainly of clinoptilolite. Na-exchanged form of zeolite was prepared and its sorption capacity for removal of thorium from aqueous solutions was examined. The effects of relevant parameters, including initial concentration, contact time, solid to liquid ratio, temperature and initial pH on the removal efficiency were investigated in batch studies. The pH strongly influenced thorium adsorption capacity and maximal capacity was obtained at pH 4.0. Kinetics and isotherm of adsorption were also studied. The pseudo-first-order, pseudo-second-order, Elovich and intra-particle diffusion models were used to describe the kinetic data. The pseudo-second-order kinetic model provided excellent kinetic data fitting (R (2) > 0.999) with rate constant of 1.25, 1.37 and 1.44 g mmol(-1) min(-1) respectively for 25, 40 and 55 A degrees C. The Langmuir and Freundlich models were applied to describe the equilibrium isotherms for thorium uptake and the Langmuir model agrees very well with experimental data. Thermodynamic parameters were determined and are discussed.
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